Typhoon Hato has battered southern China, Hong Kong and Macau - leaving at least 12 people dead and a trail of destruction. Flights and trains have been canceled across China’s Guangdong province.Ferry services resumed between Macau and Hong Kong on Thursday as the region began reopening roads and trying to recover from one of its worst storms in decades.

Typhoon Hato, Japanese for "pigeon," packed winds of up to 200 kilometers per hour (125 mph) as it smashed into apartments in Macau.

According to the regional government, five people were killed and 153 injured in Macau, which in better weather is known as ChinaÎ„s gambling enclave. The state broadcaster TDM reported that the storm - a 10 on the Beaufort scale - was the regionÎ„s strongest since 1968.